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so what is their obligation to their voters and can john boehner make a switch palatable? i'm joined now by former ohio governor ted strickland and former campaign manager for mike huckabee chip satsman. good morning. >> good morning. >> what do the lawmakers owe their constituents on the promise not to raise tax she's. >> i think they owe the country. good governance. and obviously every member of congress has an obligation to their particular district and their particular constituents, but they also have a larger obligation, i believe, to the well-being of the country as a total. and so we are in a situation where some difficult decisions have to be made, but i believe the well being of the country must take precedent over every other consideration. >> of course, chip, a lot of those constituents don't think that a tax hike on the wealthy is for the good of the country and even though national polling shows that overall people favor raising taxes on the rich, you talk to congressman like ted poe in texas or scott in new jersey fnlg, they don't see it. if boehner wants a
so what is their obligation to their voters and can john boehner make a switch palatable? i'm joined now by former ohio governor ted strickland and former campaign manager for mike huckabee chip satsman. good morning. >> good morning. >> what do the lawmakers owe their constituents on the promise not to raise tax she's. >> i think they owe the country. good governance. and obviously every member of congress has an obligation to their particular district and their particular...
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out front tonight, john. i made my point, they're still very important to send real letters, but the house didn't pass the bill. that means there's no law. why not? >> this is the oldest problem. the senate passed the bipartisan bill. it wasn't perfect, but they got a bill done. that was april. sin then, crickets. nada. the house has put forward their own bill. here we are left in the last days of the year and they're trying to cobble together a deal. partisan politics stopped it moving forward in the past. all of that idealogical good, that's the good news, the bad news, two defaults hasn't woken up this coness. >> they're losing $25 million a day. and the problem is democrats and republicans agree on one thing. they want votes. a lot of things you have to do to save the post office, they're one of the largest employers in the country. they're losing jobs. >> the senate had a bipartisan bill. it would have cut about 100,000. the post office in general wasn't happy with it -- >> we could get rid of saturday d
out front tonight, john. i made my point, they're still very important to send real letters, but the house didn't pass the bill. that means there's no law. why not? >> this is the oldest problem. the senate passed the bipartisan bill. it wasn't perfect, but they got a bill done. that was april. sin then, crickets. nada. the house has put forward their own bill. here we are left in the last days of the year and they're trying to cobble together a deal. partisan politics stopped it moving...
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i want to bring in john avalon right now. this is what i find incredible is we are getting so focused on the deal and the politics of a deal and going off the cliff and if the cliff is a slope and missing the overall picture which is that we have a bigger crisis than anybody's talking about. >> that's a great point and exactly right and what they have been warning about. look. politics is the art of the possible and near term that focus on $4 trillion, $2 trillion, look how hard that is to get to. it doesn't begin to solve the larger problem. we need to get economic growth and cuts in ways that this congress can't contemplate. >> thank you. now let's bring in bill gross, founder of pimco. they said we're talking now and getting a deal done and focused on this whatever it's going to be. as you have pointed out, we could need $16 trillion. erskine bowles said you were absolutely right. what happens if we settle on what washington thinks is a big win? let's call it $3 trillion. >> i think $3 trillion, $4 trillion will be a suffi
i want to bring in john avalon right now. this is what i find incredible is we are getting so focused on the deal and the politics of a deal and going off the cliff and if the cliff is a slope and missing the overall picture which is that we have a bigger crisis than anybody's talking about. >> that's a great point and exactly right and what they have been warning about. look. politics is the art of the possible and near term that focus on $4 trillion, $2 trillion, look how hard that is...
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. >> reporter: private face-to-face talks were revived this weekend when house speaker john boehner went over to the white house. neither side is releasing details about the conversation, but taxes are still the big sticking point. >> i'm not going to have a situation where the wealthiest among us including folks like me get to keep all our tax breaks. >> reporter: republicans have adamantly opposed raising taxes, but now some are considering it if democrats agree to social security and medicare changes. republicans were disappointed with the proposed spending cuts in the president's first offer which do not include changes to entitlement programs. >> we have got to do something about the spending. an obsession to raise taxes is not going to solve the problem. >> reporter: advocates for seniors wants social security and medicare out of the fiscal cliff debate. >> don't talk about them as if they're entitlement reforms and giveaways. these are programs that people have paid for over their entire working lives and have earned these programs. >> reporter: if lawmakers and the president don'
. >> reporter: private face-to-face talks were revived this weekend when house speaker john boehner went over to the white house. neither side is releasing details about the conversation, but taxes are still the big sticking point. >> i'm not going to have a situation where the wealthiest among us including folks like me get to keep all our tax breaks. >> reporter: republicans have adamantly opposed raising taxes, but now some are considering it if democrats agree to social...
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your letter makes me sad, john. my commentary stated that taxpayers like you and me must pay for an explosion of government workers along with all the entitlements. you took offense at fact and perceived implication where there was none. minneapolis, bill o, a multimillionaire like you bashing the boar. pathetic. you want an entitlement state? you got one. get ready for the consequences. crestton city, california. mr. o, why
your letter makes me sad, john. my commentary stated that taxpayers like you and me must pay for an explosion of government workers along with all the entitlements. you took offense at fact and perceived implication where there was none. minneapolis, bill o, a multimillionaire like you bashing the boar. pathetic. you want an entitlement state? you got one. get ready for the consequences. crestton city, california. mr. o, why
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your letter makes me sad, john. my commentary stated that taxpayers like you and me must pay for an explosion of government workers along with all the entitlements. you took offense at fact and perceived implication where there was none. minneapolis, bill o, a multimillionaire like you bashing the boar. pathetic. you want an entitlement state? you got one. get ready for the consequences. crestton city, california. mr. o, why not have a federal sales tax that everybody pays? because the left doesn't want everybody paying. consumption tax would raise a lot of money, but the poor would be impacted, unless there was a rehabilitate forebate for them. bill, your points are right. the entitlements must stop. i'm a job creator taxed to death. santiago, chile. bill, thanks for speaking out against those humbugging christmas. your christian philosophy is bury for both of our countries. another one, most christians like me have been ridiculed. what can wee do to fight against christian bigotry? let the insulting person know yo
your letter makes me sad, john. my commentary stated that taxpayers like you and me must pay for an explosion of government workers along with all the entitlements. you took offense at fact and perceived implication where there was none. minneapolis, bill o, a multimillionaire like you bashing the boar. pathetic. you want an entitlement state? you got one. get ready for the consequences. crestton city, california. mr. o, why not have a federal sales tax that everybody pays? because the left...
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skyline boulevard right there by john daily boulevard. so we think a car ran off the roadway and we're hearing the first reports of major injuries. so again, lanes are likely blocked and if it is in fact major injuries they will be blocked for a while. in the meantime, outside here's a live look at the nimitz in oakland. no rain so far. just overnight roadwork between embarcadero and fruitvale in both directions of the nimitz this morning. farther south in milpitas, this is live look at 880/237. both directions of the freeway look good. similar story across the golden gate bridge. no problems towards doyle drive, san francisco, and mass transit continues to report no delays. that is traffic. back to you guys. >>> 5:07. new this morning, we now know nelson mandela has a lung infection. the former south african president has been in the hospital since saturday. he suffered with similar infections for the last couple of years. officials say the 94-year-old mandela is responding well to treatment. >>> an elite navy seal killed in a rescue ope
skyline boulevard right there by john daily boulevard. so we think a car ran off the roadway and we're hearing the first reports of major injuries. so again, lanes are likely blocked and if it is in fact major injuries they will be blocked for a while. in the meantime, outside here's a live look at the nimitz in oakland. no rain so far. just overnight roadwork between embarcadero and fruitvale in both directions of the nimitz this morning. farther south in milpitas, this is live look at...
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want to bring in john zarrella live in miami. countdown's happening. tell us about the mystery mission. >> reporter: less than 30 seconds, atless 5 rocket sitting at cape canaveral. you can see the military helicopters, this vehicle the x-37b. it is one of the most secret projects the u.s. military has that we know of and bottom line is that this vehicle, the x-37 is about the quarter of the size of the shuttle. we've got lift-off. >> lit lift-off of the united launch atlas rocket carrying the mission for the united states air force. >> reporter: so that mini spacecraft, x-37b in the top third encased in the fering of the atlas 5 rocket. as i was say, this is, and as mentioned in the launch, see it climbing through the blue cloud and sky there? pretty much good weather. this is the third flight of the vehicles. there are two of them that the area force owns. the last one, suzanne, flew for 469 days. there has been all kinds of speculation as to what this thing does up there. there's been speculation that it is a satellite killer. there's been speculati
want to bring in john zarrella live in miami. countdown's happening. tell us about the mystery mission. >> reporter: less than 30 seconds, atless 5 rocket sitting at cape canaveral. you can see the military helicopters, this vehicle the x-37b. it is one of the most secret projects the u.s. military has that we know of and bottom line is that this vehicle, the x-37 is about the quarter of the size of the shuttle. we've got lift-off. >> lit lift-off of the united launch atlas rocket...
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why so secret, john? >> reporter: hey, ted. you know, i'm not sure i want to know what's inside this one. yeah, it's called the x-37b, and this is the third orbital test flight of this unmanned vehicle. it flies up at the same altitude as a space shuttle, about 200 miles, circles the earth, and can be commanded to autonomously return back to earth. now, it has created a tremendous amount of speculation as to what it is doing up there, the last one that returned to earth earlier this year was up for 469 days, just orbiting. there's been all kinds of speculation about the fact that perhaps it is a satellite-killing machine, perhaps it is an on-demand reconnaissance vehicle, as some call it, in other words, a spy satellite. the air force says it's none of that. that basically it's been up there as a test bed, and they are testing everything from heat shields, thermal protection systems, avionics, all advanced seals, for instance. high high-temperature seals. and you can see in that video, one of those x-37bs right there. but no on
why so secret, john? >> reporter: hey, ted. you know, i'm not sure i want to know what's inside this one. yeah, it's called the x-37b, and this is the third orbital test flight of this unmanned vehicle. it flies up at the same altitude as a space shuttle, about 200 miles, circles the earth, and can be commanded to autonomously return back to earth. now, it has created a tremendous amount of speculation as to what it is doing up there, the last one that returned to earth earlier this year...
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john's mom, olivia hammer, joins us now live from miami with her heart breaking story. good morning to you, ma'am. >> thank you for having me. >> gretchen: so this has been going on since august 15. your son went to mexico on some sort of a trip. he took a gun that belonged to his great grandfather and he was arrested. pick it up from there. >> he went to the u.s. customs side and told them he wanted to take this rifle on this trip. he was actually -- his destination was costa rica on a surfing trip. he was just going through mexico. the customs said you need to fill out this registration paper and dare declare it as you cross the border and he was immediately arrested and he has been in prison ever since. >> gretchen: what are the charges against him? >> he's charged with possession of a weapon that is restricted for military use. >> gretchen: but you say it's really not that kind of a weapon. what kind of weapon is it? >> it's a.had 10 shotgun. basically for shooting small birds. actually the hay in a dell mexico, the military arm of the mexican government, sent a let
john's mom, olivia hammer, joins us now live from miami with her heart breaking story. good morning to you, ma'am. >> thank you for having me. >> gretchen: so this has been going on since august 15. your son went to mexico on some sort of a trip. he took a gun that belonged to his great grandfather and he was arrested. pick it up from there. >> he went to the u.s. customs side and told them he wanted to take this rifle on this trip. he was actually -- his destination was costa...